Bare bottom or not?

[Bucrob]

I'm about to start up my fourth reef tank. I wanted to go predominantly SPS this time as all of my other tanks have been LPS and softies mostly. The tank is a 62 gallon tideline lagoon and my biggest issue with my reefs has always been phosphates. I heard that bare bottom helps with nutrient export and can allow you to increase flow in the main display for SPS. I intend to do a fuge in one of the back chambers so maybe I could throw some sand in with the fuge to still have sand that bacteria can cultivate on. My stocking would be kept pretty minimal with me hoping to stock the tank with:
2 Snowflake Ocellaris Clowns
3 Banggai Cardinals
1 Tailspot Blenny
1 Midas Blenny
1 Longnose Hawk
1 Target Mandarin
1 Pink Streak Wrasse or some other smaller variant of wrasse that can help control small pests
1 Tomini Tang
Idk what to do but I got a bit before the tank is fully up since I still need a stand for it. What do you guys think?
I also want a plate coral which I've heard does better on sand so...

 

[JumboShrimp]

Fact: It will never look like the ocean without the sand. (Lol.)

 

[Bucrob]

Fact: It will never look like the ocean without the sand. (Lol.)

6:05 in this video, he makes a strong argument for bare bottom looking more natural

 

[Bucrob]

6:05 in this video, he makes a strong argument for bare bottom looking more natural

Another option is something like what they show at 9:30 in this video, its some sort of reactor media I believe is what he called it

 

[Science/G]

I've had bare bottom reefs for 30 years. Sand is just a magnet for dinos and cyanobacteria IMHO. Increased flow and less maintenance is a plus. For a more natural look in my latest reef, I lined the bottom with a piece of beige acrylic. It's covered with Ricordia now, but initially it looked like a sand bed. Top down pic from years ago